Give guests plenty of choice with a speedy service & a sense of theatre, interaction & sharing that breaks the ice perfectly!
A personalisable feast in a box, (definitely not a stuffy cold picnic!)
No need to worry about special dietary requirements; they’ll get their own plate mirroring the hamper bits that they can’t eat & then can eat the bits they can from the hamper.
Totally Personisable: Here are our most popular options but as always you can look at dishes from the rest of our website, Facebook page or make your own requests (& we’ll advise what is possible/will work)
Flavours below can be tweaked to make them more traditional British/Asian/Middle Eastern/South American etc.
Starter - Choose 1:
~ 3 x Canapés for ‘Standing starter’ (most popular option)
~ (V) Sumptuous, Creamy, Spiced Butternut Squash & Fennel Soup
~ Watercress & Pea Soup with Crispy Bacon Garnish (V: minus the Bacon!)
~ (V) Woodland Mushroom & Thyme Soup
~ Spiced Tomato Seafood Chowder
(All Soup served with Artisan Bread & Butter)
Hamper framework
(9 Items/Dishes Included)
Hot Top Carving joint - choose 1:
~ Free-range gammon with an orange, star anise & maple syrup glaze
~ Slow roasted soy & sweet maple pork belly with shards of brittle cracking
~ Slow Roasted 12 hour shoulder of lamb marinated in heady North African spices, hints of garlic & smoked paprika
~ Roast Welsh beef with a thyme & cracked black pepper crust
~ Venison strip loin glazed with a blackberry bay leaf infused balsamic reduction
(these are popular choices but all can be adapted & we have Veggie/Vegan options too)
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2. Carby Side Dish - choose 1:
~ (v) Warm roasted new potato, garlic rosemary & smoked paprika
~ (v) Warm creamy dauphinoise potatoes
~ (v) Fresh mint and citrus tabbouleh
~ Artichoke heart, lemon & rocket bulgar wheat with almonds & caramelised sultanas, med veg
~ (V) Welsh garden salad: potato, seasonal veg, crumbly cheese & Mint
~ Warm fried chorizo, butterbean, aubergine, garlic and tomato
~ Singapore Noodle Salad with Chestnut Mushrooms, Bean Sprouts & Spring Onions with traditional lime, cane sugar, chilli fish sauce
~ (v) Warm puy lentils & garden vegetables infused with red wine & bay
~ Warm puttanesca beans
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3. Inside hamper: Skewer/tart Dish - Choose 3:
~ Chorizo, red pepper & onion tartlet
~ Smoked salmon, asparagus (or pea if out of season), parmesan & dill quiche
~ (v) Goats cheese & caramelised onion tartlet
~ (v) Butternut squash & Feta tartlet
~ (v) Blue cheese, pear & walnut tartlet
~ Filo cups filled with fresh crab meat in a citrus mayonnaise
~ Bwlch venison & asian salad filo tartlet
~ Lamb, rosemary & apricot kebab
~ Asian, peanut chicken satay skewers
~ (v) Halloumi, rosemary & med veg kebabs
~ (V) Mini Sweet Potato Falafel Balls
~ Black Pudding Scotch eggs
~ (v) Onion Bhajee Scotch Eggs
~ Thai Prawn Skewers
~ Sweet Chilli Barbecue Prawn Skewers
~ Succulent Cajun Chicken & Burnt Red Pepper Skewers
~ Warm pistachio stuffed medjool dates wrapped in pancetta
~ (v) Warm deep fried cauliflower
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4. Inside Hamper: Salad/Veg Dish - Choose 1:
~ (v) Leafy garden flower salad with (v) balsamic vinaigrette
~ (v) Apple coleslaw
~ (v) Warm roasted heritage carrots with a sesame & honey soy glaze
~ (v) Warm med veg with roasted cherry tomatoes
~ (v) Warm green beans almandine
~ Spicy green apple & lemon grass Thai salad with toasted peanuts, onion & coriander
~ (v) Classic tomato, mozzarella, basil & bay infused balsamic vinegar salad
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5. Inside hamper Sides/Condiments - Choose 2:
~ (v) Tomato pickle
~ (v) Homemade Antipasti pot
~ (v) Garlic Aioli
~ Hummus
~ Tstastiki
~ Caramelised onion pickle
~ Baba ganoush aubergine dip
~ Red peper salsa
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6. (v) Alex Gooch bread & Butter
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Plated single or Build your own Dessert - Choose 1:
Build your own dessert follows the hamper theme, an element of the dessert is served plated to the each guest & then the other multiple components are served in sharing bowls to the table for guests to create their perfect combination.
Eton Mess; Double Chocolate Raspberry Brownie; Profiteroles; Cheesecake; or Banoffee Pie
With Amaretto Cream Raspberry & Rosewater Coulis, Butterscotch Sauce, Almond Brittle, Belgian Chocolate & Mixed Fruit
(For a plated duo dessert add 95p; a plated trio dessert add £1.90; for sharing platters of 3 mini desserts add 95p)
our most popular Joint options:
(2022 prices)
Gammon 3 course Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £ 33.50 (2023: £34.50)
Belly Pork 3 course Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £34.50 (2023: £35.50)
Lamb 3 course Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £35.95 (2023: £36.95)
Beef 3 course Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £37.50 (2023: £38.50)
Venison 3 course Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £38.50 (2023: £39.50)
Fully Veggie/Vegan: Warm Vegan Shortcrust Squash Pie Hamper (either simple starter or 3 Canapés swap + single/DIY Dessert) £ 32.50 (2023: £33.50)
Hamper = Soup or 3 Canapés + 9 Items/dishes: 1 x Main Carving Joint; 1 x Carby; 1 x Veg; 3 x Skewer/tart/portioned item; 2 x condiment, 1 x bread/butter + single/DIY dessert p/p
Most Popular rubs/marinades:
Gammon
~ Slow roast gammon with an orange, star anise & maple syrup glaze
~ Gammon with a whole grain mustard & apple cider glaze
~ Slow roasted apple gammon with black treacle glaze
Chicken:
~Free range Chicken breasts marinated in lemon, garlic, thyme & smokey paprika wrapped in parma ham
Belly Pork:
~ Slow roasted sticky honey & soy sauce belly pork with shards of marsh salt crackling
~ Traditional garlic, thyme slow roasted belly pork with shards of marsh salt crackling
~ Apple glazed belly pork with shards of marsh salt crackling
Beef:
~ Roast Welsh beef with thyme, rosemary & garlic
~ Roast Welsh beef with a cracked pepper & thyme crust
Lamb:
~ Slow roasted 12 hour shoulder of lamb marinated in heady North African spices, hints of garlic, preserved lemon & smoked paprika.
~ Classic: Lamb with a garlic, rosemary, hint of lemon zest & cracked black pepper
~ Lamb with a sticky mint glaze
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Other options for Beef, Lamb, Venison & Belly Pork: a pesto rub; pomegranate, molases, tarragon & lemon zest; sharp, sweet balsamic, blackberry & bay leaf infusion
How It Works
You pre-select a “Hamper Hero” per table, an easy role but best to choose someone confident. They will carve the main joint & share out the dishes within the hamper (it’s interesting to see how different people tackle the role - some enlist the help of others on the table, others work solo!).
You will want to provide some form of instruction to them as to what they will be doing - either in writing or by announcement - some people inform them beforehand most people keep it secret & put the information on their place setting.
Feel free to go to town on the hamper hero props - in the past couples have provided them with everything from aprons to hats to glasses to beards and moustaches!
We just need to know where they are sitting so that we can insure their ‘serving implements' are in place! Where table space is limited we provide black butler tables to put the hampers onto.
If you are dividing up long trestle tables (We reccomend 10-14 guests per hamper) then you will need to either give hamper heroes the names of guests they are serving from their hamper or have a visual marker between different hamper groupings (the first is the most practical option).
Each hamper is tailored to the correct number of guests & the correct special dietary requirements. Any special dietary requirements will be given a plate of their ‘special’ alternatives (closely mirroring the standard dish but tailored to be suitable for them) & they can then help themselves to the standard dishes which they can eat. You will need to locate them on the table plan.
